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ITU Telecom World 2011 unveils star-studded
participant list
Over 250 world leaders
from government, industry, NGOs and academia
Geneva, 6 October 2011
– With an
action-packed agenda focusing on the major global issues reshaping the
information and communication technology (ICT) landscape, ITU Telecom World 2011
(Geneva 24-27 October) will bring together Heads of State and Government, ICT
ministers and regulators, global business leaders and some of the industry’s
brightest young innovators for a dynamic series of debates led by some of the
industry’s
biggest names.
Delegates
and media will have the chance to hear from CEOs and leaders of global
technology and telecoms companies from around the world including Alcatel
Lucent, AT&T, China Mobile, Du, Ericsson, Etisalat, Fujitsu, Huawei, Intel,
KDDI, Microsoft, NTT Corporation, NTT DoCoMo, Q-Tel, Swisscom, Telkom SA, Türk
Telekom, Verizon and ZTE.
The event
will kick off with a Broadband Leadership Summit featuring Heads of State, Heads
of Government and ICT ministers, who will join luminaries including Mexico’s
Carlos Slim; Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission; Angel
Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD; Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO;
and many members of the ITU/UNESCO
Broadband
Commission for Digital Development.
Internet
pioneer Robert E. Kahn will join Web 2.0 innovators such as
Juliana Rotich, CEO of Ushahidi, an open source project which
allows users to crowdsource crisis information via mobile devices, in sessions
such as the power of social media and the Internet of the future.
Director-General of WIPO, Francis Gurry, will lead another stimulating debate on
the evolution of frameworks for intellectual property and convergence of online
content.
In the
development sphere, a strong mix of speakers like Dr Margaret Chan,
Director-General of the World Health Organization; Dr Babatunde Osotimehin,
Executive Director of the UN Population Fund; Doyle Gallegos, Global Practice
Leader, Connectivity Infrastructure at the World Bank; and Professor Jeffrey
Sachs, Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General for the
Millennium Development Goals, reinforces the fact that ICT access has become
central to development across a whole range of spheres.
The vital
role played by the public sector in driving the roll-out of networks and
services will be highlighted by prominent experts including Jasna Matić,
Serbia’s State Secretary for Digital Agenda, Omobola Johnson, Nigeria’s Minister
of Communications Technology, and Phil Laven, Chairman, Digital Video
Broadcasting, with the European Broadcasting Union.
“The agenda for ITU Telecom World 2011 is
compelling and brings together some of the most important, insightful and
powerful figures in the global ICT ecosystem,” said Dr Hamadoun Touré, Secretary
General, ITU. “Over four days in
Geneva, we’ll be providing unrivalled opportunities to network, collaborate,
build consensus and create real vehicles for change that open up markets,
empower innovation and transform lives.”
ITU Telecom
World 2011 takes place at Geneva Palexpo from October 24-27. The Forum agenda is
now
online.
Delegate
registration is now open at
http://world2011.itu.int/be-there/register-now. Media accreditation
is available at: http://world2011.itu.int/media-accreditation-procedure.
Follow ITU Telecom World 2011 event activities on Facebook at www.itu.int/facebook and through the @ITU_News twitter account #ITUworld11.
For more information on ITU Telecom World 2011, visit http://world2011.itu.int.
For more information, please contact:
Sally Moore
Axicom UK
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Sarah Parkes
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